So we went a long way in a short time. These are the states we were in during our seven days gone (some of them we were in twice) New Mexico, Texas, Oklahoma, Missouri, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Washington DC, Virginia, West Virginia, and Kansas. I think that was all.
This is Kesseli's new home outside of South Bend Indiana. It is so nice and green. We got there Sunday afternoon and unloaded some of the truck. Then Monday morning it was off to Jann's. I am so glad we were able to help Kess and Jon move. We had the baby Tayce with us and he slept the whole time. I sure do love all of them!!
This is what you see back east. It doesn't matter where you are you just see trees.
This is in Pennsylvania. 
We got to Jann's house Monday night. It was so good to see her and her family. They were so incredible to us. Amanda and Ashley gave us their room for three nights. Thanks guys!! Jann feed us, drove us, photographed us, and so much more. James filled in for Jann with the kids so she could play with us. It was a good thing we had her with us or we would have gotten so lost. I just loved seeing where she lives and getting to know her family a little bit. Thanks Jann for everything and we will see you next year, same time!
One of the funnest things we did was ride the train into DC and then the subway. I thought it was great. I am so grateful I don't have to do that everyday. So many people commute to work like that every single day. I am glad I am not one of them. I don't think you could pay Mark enough money to do it!!! That said it is really fun to do as a tourist. Just make sure you don't get on the quiet car!!
The subway station is really underground and dark.
One thing we learned about the subway is if you are not sitting down you better be hanging on for dear life! The subway is FAST.
Thanks to Jann we made it to the Mall in DC. All Mark wanted to do was go to the Smithsonian Museum of the American Indian so that was the first thing we found. It is in a huge beautiful building. We learned really quickly it was a huge bust. There was hardly anything in there at all. So we moved on.
The Capitol Building. We just walked by because the tour had a huge line and we didn't really want to wait.
There is 19 Smithsonian museums on the Mall. After the American Indian was such a dud we only went in the Museum of Natural History. It was great!! I took this picture because this skeleton was found in Arizona. When my dad was in high school they found five complete skeletons just like this one on his ranch and the Smithsonian shipped all of them back east. So this could be from my dad's ranch. I though that was really cool. We really did want to go to the Air and Space museum but there was probably 20 buses parked outside and 1000 kids in line to go in. We skipped it.
The Washington Monument. 
This was my favorite monument on the Mall. I can't explain it. It was just awesome.
There is a Pacific and an Atlantic side to this monument with all of the state represented. We found New Mexico first thing.
I think this is the Pacific side.
Vietnam Monument.
This was Mark's favorite monument. The Lincoln Monument. It was really neat. There is a lot of stairs up to it so I was just glad to make it up. 
Korea War Monument.
Wednesday Jann took us to Mount Vernon. This was the summer home of George and Martha Washington. We loved it there. It was a beautiful place. I can see why there would want to be there every summer. 
This is the back of the house. You can look out at the Potomac. This is also where the party was on National Treasure. 
This is George Washington's tomb. Mark and my boys don't think he is really there. I just figure that it is as good a place as any for him.
After Mount Vernon we drove to Baltimore. We drove right by Camden Yards. Both nights we were in Maryland the O's were playing the Yankee's. Mark wanted to go so bad. We could have got tickets they were available. We almost dropped Mark off right here so he could go but it had been raining all day and was supposed to rain all night. He didn't want to go and just sit through a rain delay so he didn't go. It turned out to be a good choice. They had like a 2 hour rain delay and then the Yankee's won. He would have been miserable!! I promised him we would go back next year so he could go to a game. 
There was this church just down from Camden Yard's with this sign. I just had to take a picture.
Friday night we stayed at Mark's parents house in Texas. They were all ready on the way to our house but we had these little guys there to greet us. There are seven of them. So cute.
It was such a great trip. We really want to go back because there is so much to do there that we just didn't have time for. One thing this trip made me realize is that I love where we live!! There really is no place like home!!
